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XXV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall and Persons not may be lawful for any Person, not being a licensed Maker of being licensed playing Cards, to sell or expose to Sale any Pack of playing Cardmakers Cards, notwithstanding that the same may have been previously may sell Second sold, and opened, used, or played with, if every such Pack shall be sold without the Wrapper or Jew of any licensed Maker, and printed Wrapshall contain not more than Fifty-two Cards, including an Ace of per denoting Spades duly stamped for Use within the United Kingdom, and them as such. shall be enclosed in a Paper or Wrapper, with the Words "Second Hand Cards" printed or written in distinct and legible Characters on the Outside thereof; and if any Person, not being a licensed Maker of Cards, shall sell or expose to Sale in any Part of the United Kingdom any playing Cards which shall have been previously sold and opened, used or played with, not being in such Packs as aforesaid, or not including in such Pack an Ace of Spades duly stamped for Sale or Use in the United Kingdom, or any Pack not being enclosed in a Paper or Wrapper with the Words "Second Hand Cards" printed or written thereon in distinct and legible Characters on the Outside thereof, or if any such Pack shall be sold with a Wrapper or Jew of any licensed Maker, every Person so offending in any of the Cases aforesaid shall forfeit for every such Offence the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

XXVI. And be it further enacted, That all Pieces of Ivory, Bone, or other Matter, made or used for any Game or Play, with any Letters, Figures, Spots, or other Marks thereupon, to denote any Chance or Chances, shall be construed, deemed, and adjudged, and are hereby declared to be Dice; and if more than Six Chances shall be signified on any One of such Pieces of Ivory, Bone, or other Matter, then such One Piece shall be chargeable with the full Duty payable for a Pair of Dice; and if more than the Number of Chances usually signified in or by a Pair of Dice shall be signified on any One such Piece of Ivory, Bone, or other Matter, then such One Piece shall be and is hereby charged with a further Duty, in proportion to the Number of Chances exceeding those signified in or by One Pair of Dice.

Pieces of Ivory used in any Game, with any

Mark to denote

any Chance, shall be deemed Dice, and chargeable as

such.

Penalty on

Persons filing, squaring, or

new spotting Dice, after

XXVII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall file or square or new spot any Die, or shall cause or procure any Die to be filed, squared, or new spotted, after such Die has been stamped as by Law required, or if any Die shall be found in the Possession of any Person, filed, squared, or new spotted, after being stamped, such Die shall have been so stamped as aforesaid, every Person or on having having filed, squared, or new spotted any such Die, or having such in their caused any such Die to be filed, squared, or new spotted, and Possession. every Person in whose Possession any such Die may be found, shall forfeit and pay for every such Die the Sum of Ten Pounds.

XXVIII. And Whereas it is expedient to permit the Export- Playing Cards ation of playing Cards and Dice, without the same being stamped or Dice, not for Use in the United Kingdom, and without having paid the being stamped Duties imposed by this Act, and that Regulations should be, for Home Use, may be export'made with respect to such Exportation;' Be it therefore enacted, ed under the That playing Cards or Dice, not being stamped for Use in the Regulations United Kingdom, and not having paid the Duties imposed by this herein menAct, may be exported under the Conditions and Regulations tioned. hereinafter mentioned and set forth; that is to say, before such

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playing Cards or Dice, not having been stamped for Use in the United Kingdom, and not having paid the Duties imposed by th Act, shall be removed from the licensed House or Place of ar Maker thereof, for the Purpose of being exported from the United Kingdom to any Parts beyond the Seas, or to the Isle Man, Three Days Notice in Writing shall be given to the prope Officer at the Head Office of Stamps in London or Dublin respect ively, or at the Office of the Distributor of Stamps at Cork ( long as it shall be lawful to make Cards at Cork), by the censed Maker thereof, of the Quantity intended to be exported the Port or Place in the United Kingdom from whence the sam are intended to be exported, the Name of the Ship or Vesse and of the Master thereof, in which the same are intended to be exported, and the Port or Place and Country to which the same are intended to be carried and conveyed; and such Maker shal within such Space of Three Days enter into a Bond, with suf ficient Surety, to be approved by the Commissioners of Stamps or their Officer, to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in a penal Sum of Treble the Amount of all the Duties which woul be payable on such Cards or Dice respectively if the same ha been made or intended for Use or Sale in the United Kingdom conditioned to export such Cards or Dice, in the Ship or Vesse to be named in such Bond, to some Port or Place beyond the Seas, to be mentioned in such Bond, within a Time to be limited in such Bond, and to land the same (the Dangers of the Seas ex cepted) in such Port or Place, and not to lade or put any such Cards or Dice on board any other Ship or Vessel, either in any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or elsewhere, or at open Sea, and that such Cards or Dice, or any Part thereof, shall not be relanded in any Part of the United Kingdom, and also conditioned to produce to the said Commissioners, within the respective Times hereinafter mentioned, a Certificate that such Cards or Dice have been duly landed at such Port or Place; and after the Expiration of such Three Days mentioned in such Notice, a Certificate under the Hand of some Officer of Stamps shall be given, expressing the several Matters required in such Notice, and also certifying that such Bond has been given according to the Provisions of this Act for the Exportation of any such Cards or Dice, and shall be delivered to the proper Officer of the Cus toms at such Port or Place in the United Kingdom from which such Cards or Dice are intended to be exported, and such Cer tificate shall be given and received without Fee or Reward; and after such Notice shall have been given, and such Bond as here inbefore mentioned shall have been duly made and executed, and such Certificate granted (but not otherwise), it shall and may be lawful for any licensed Maker to remove such playing Cards or Dice intended for Exportation, when completely finished for Use, from the House or Place where the same shall be made, without Payment of any Duties for the same; provided that every Pack of such playing Cards shall contain an Ace of Spades duly marked or stamped with the proper Mark or Stamp appointed to be used for Cards to be exported; and provided also, that such Cards or Dice shall, before being so removed, be respectively enclosed in Packs or Pairs in such Wrappers or Jews as the

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Commissioners of Stamps shall approve, and shall be tied and fastened by a Label or Thread or Seal marked with the proper Mark, Stamp, or Device appointed to be used for Cards or Dice to be exported; and all such Cards or Dice so entered for Exportation shall be laden or put on board the Ship or Vessel mentioned in such Bond as aforesaid in the Presence of the proper Officer of Customs.

XXIX. And be it further enacted, That such Bond hereinbefore How Bonds directed to be given with relation to Cards and Dice exported shall be disshall be discharged upon producing to the said Commissioners of charged. Stamps, within the respective Times hereinafter limited, a Certificate that the Cards or Dice in such Bond mentioned were duly landed in the proper Port or Place beyond the Seas; that is to say, within Six Months from the Date of such Bond, in the Case of Cards or Dice entered to be landed in any Port or Place in the Isle of Man; and within Twelve Months from the Date of such Bond, in the Case of Cards or Dice entered for or landed in any other Port or Place in Europe; and within Eighteen Months from the Date of such Bond, in the Case of Cards or Dice entered for or landed in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America or Africa, or in any of the Territories of the United States of America; and within Twenty-four Months from the Date of such Bond, in the Case of Cards or Dice entered for or landed in any Port or Place at or beyond the Cape of Good Hope; and every such Certificate for such Cards or Dice as aforesaid, which shall be landed at any Port or Place where any Officer of His Majesty's Customs shall be resident, shall be signed by the proper Officer of His Majesty's Customs there; and if no Officer of His Majesty's Customs shall be resident there, then by the British Consul, or other Person acting as such there; and if no Officer of Customs or British Consul, or other Person acting as such, shall be there resident, then such Certificate shall be under the Seal of the Chief Magistrate in such Port or Place, or under the Hands and Seals of Two known British Merchants, then being at such Port or Place: Provided always, that if in any Case it shall be proved that such Cards or Dice so exported were taken by Enemies, or were lost in the Seas or by Fire, the Examination and Proof whereof shall be left to the Judgment of the Commissioners of Stamps, then and in such Case it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners and they are hereby authorized to discharge

such Bond.

or relanded

XXX. And be it further enacted, That all playing Cards and Cards or Dice Dice which shall be exported contrary to the Directions of this exported conAct, or which, after Entry thereof for Exportation, shall be trary to Law, landed at or found in any Place in the United Kingdom, or which after Entry for shall be landed at or found in the Isle of Man after Entry thereof Export, may for Exportation elsewhere than to the said Isle (except for the be seized, &c. Purpose of exporting the same under the Regulations of this Act), shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer of Cust oms or Excise, and may be proceeded upon to Condemnation, according to any Laws of Customs or Excise then in force, or may be seized and carried away by any Officer of Stamps, or Person duly authorized by the Commissioners of Stamps, and shall and may be lodged and secured in any Place

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Persons using, &c. such Cards

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appointed by the said Commissioners for that Purpose, and shal be sold or destroyed as the Commissioners shall direct; and if any Person shall sell or expose to Sale, or shall offer for Use, in any Part of the United Kingdom, or shall knowingly have in his Possession or upon his Premises, or shall use or permit to be used in any Place in the United Kingdom, any playing Cards marked, stamped, and distinguished as Cards for Use in the Isle of Man or for Exportation, such Cards shall be forfeited, and may be seized and carried away, and lodged and secured as above in this Act provided; and every Person so offending, for every Pack of Cards so sold or exposed to Sale, or offered for Use, or used or permitted to be used, or in the Possession of such Persons, contrary to this Act, shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds.

Penalty on frauXXXI. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall dulently reland-reland, or shall cause or procure to be relanded, or shall assist in ing Cards, after the relanding, in any Part of the United Kingdom, any Parcel of Entry and Shipment for Cards or Dice after the same shall have been entered and shipped Exportation, for Exportation from any Part of the United Kingdom, or shall elsewhere than land such Cards or Dice, or cause the same to be landed, in any Port or Place other than the Port or Place to which such Cards or Dice shall be consigned and named in the Certificate to be delivered by the Officer of Stamps to the Officer of Customs in pursuance of this Act, every such Person shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds.

in the Port of Consignment.

No Cards to be
exported into
or used in the
Isle of Man,

unless stamped
for such Island,

or for Use in the United Kingdom.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Person to put on board any Ship or Vessel for Exportation to the Isle of Man, or to import into or to use in that Island, any playing Cards, unless in Packs each containing an Ace of Spades stamped or marked with the Stamp or Device appointed by the Commissioners of Stamps for Cards intended for Use in the Isle of Man, in the Manner by this Act directed, or an Ace of Spades duly stamped or marked for Sale or Use in the United Kingdom; and all playing Cards not being in Packs each containing an Ace of Spades duly stamped and marked for use in the Isle of Man or in the United Kingdom, which shall be put on board, or shall be brought to any Wharf or Place to be put on board, any Ship or Vessel, for Exportation to the Isle of Man, or which shall be imported into or found in the Isle of Man, shall be forfeited; and all playing Cards which, having been duly put on board, or brought to any Wharf to be put on board, any Ship or Vessel, for Exportation to the Isle of Man, or having been duly imported into or found in the Isle of Man, shall be relanded or found in any other Part of the United Kingdom, except for the Purpose of shipping the same under the Regulations of this Act, shall also be forfeited; and all Cards so forfeited shall and may be seized by any Officer of Customs or Excise, and shall and may be proceeded upon to Condemnation, according to any Laws of Customs or Excise in force at the Time, or may be seized and carried away by any Officer of Stamps, or Person duly authorized thereto, and lodged and secured in any Place appointed for that Purpose; and every Person who shall sell or expose to Sale, or shall offer for Use, or shall use or permit to be used, in any Part of the Isle of Man, or shall knowingly have in his Possession or upon his Premises within the said Island, any playing Cards or

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Or

Ace of Spades made within the United Kingdom for Exportation,
or any Pack of Cards not containing an Ace of Spades stamped
or marked for Use in the Isle of Man or in the United Kingdom
is aforesaid, shall for every such Pack of Cards or Ace of Spades
forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds, to be sued for and
recovered in the same Manner as any Penalty incurred in the said
Island under any Act relating to the Revenue of Customs may be
sued for and recovered under such Act: Provided always that
nothing in this Act contained shall alter or affect any Thing
respecting the Exportation of playing Cards to the Isle of Man,
contained in an Act made and passed in the Sixth Year of the 6 G. 4. c. 115.
Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the
Trade of the Isle of Man.

XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That no playing Cards which, having been made out of the United Kingdom, shall be imported into any Part thereof, shall be deposited in any Ware house pursuant to an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Warehousing of Goods, unless the Name and Place of Residence of the Foreign Maker of such Cards be printed or marked in distinct and legible Characters on One Card of every Pack of such Cards, and on every Wrapper thereof; and if any One or more of such Cards, or any Wrapper, Jew, Label, or other Paper, Matter, or Thing, enclosing, annexed to, or deposited with any One or more of such Cards, shall be printed or marked in any way with the Name of any Maker of Cards duly licensed within the United Kingdom, such Cards shall not be permitted to be warehoused under the said recited Act, any Thing in the said Act to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding; and all such Foreign Cards, Wrappers, Jews, Labels, and other Things on which the Name and Place of Residence of the Foreign Maker thereof shall not be printed or marked in distinct and legible Characters as aforesaid, or on any of which shall be printed or marked the Name of any Maker of Cards duly licensed within the United Kingdom, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any Officer of Customs or Excise, and proceeded upon to Condemnation, according to any Laws of Customs or Excise then in force.

XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That if at any Time the Commissioners of Stamps shall deem it expedient to alter any Stamp, Mark, Plate, Device, or Label directed to be used for the Purposes of this Act, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and required, under such Regulations and in such Manner as they shall think fit, to make an Allowance to every licensed Maker of playing Cards in his Accounts for each and every Ace of Spades which shall have been delivered to any such Maker respectively, and which in consequence of such Alteration shall be returned by him to the said Commissioners to be cancelled; provided that no Allowance shall be made in respect of any Ace of Spades which shall have been placed in any Pack of Cards made up, enclosed, and fastened in Manner directed by this Act.

XXXV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall forge or counterfeit, or shall cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any Type, Die, Seal, Stamp, Mark, Plate, or De

Foreign Cards

without Name
of Foreign
Maker, or with
any British
Cardmaker's
Name thereon,
not to be ware-

housed under
6 G. 4. c. 112.

but to be seized
and forfeited.

Commissioners
may make Al-
lowances for

Aces of Spades
when Stamps
are altered.

Forgery of Stamps relating to Cards and

Dice, or utter

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